In her old armchair she's sitting As in days of long ago, While she's knitting, knitting, knitting Gently rocking to and fro, And a dark'ning thought steals o'er me Like a shadow o'er the lawn Of the lonely days before me After Grandmama is gone. chorus: Oh, when Grandmama is gone, Oh, when Grandmama is gone, And her prayers and tears And toils for me are o'er. Who will cheer us day by day, All along our weary way To the beautiful, the ever shining shore! Silvered locks beneath the border Of her snow white cap I see "Thro' a glass," tho'" dimly, fondly Falls her loving gaze on me; On the high old fashioned bureau Lies the choicest book she's known Who will turn its sacred pages After Grandmama is gone. (chorus) Years ago, a dear companion Promised her a blushing bride "To protect, to love and cherish" E'en 'til death should them divide. O'er a low mound 'neath the willow Summer roses long have blown, They will bloom above another After Grandmama is gone. (chorus) O'er the hills the sun is setting And the twilight shadows come, Still she's waiting, waiting, waiting, 'Til the Master calls her home. Though I weep for friends departed While they're going one by one I shall have one more in heaven After Grandmama is gone. (chorus)